Commercial Property

Commercial Property
Burness has a market leading property team. With a reputation for getting deals done, we cut to the chase and focus on what matters to our clients.

We have experience in the following sectors: investment; occupier (including office, industrial, retail and leisure); property finance; development; renewable energy; social housing; and public sector. In addition to our highly skilled team of property lawyers, we have specialist support lawyers in planning, environment, construction, projects and banking. We also have excellent practices in corporate support, property litigation and restructuring and insolvency.

Here are some examples of who we work with:

Investor

We are instructed by an impressive mix of investor clients from high net worth individuals making their first acquisition to institutional investors such as AXA/Sun Life, NFU Mutual and IVG.

Occupier

Our first class pedigree in the retail sector in particular includes Boots, KFC, Somerfield, Dobbies Garden Centres, Ladbrokes, Waitrose, Argos and Vodafone.

Developer

Our skilled development team work with Grosvenor, AMA, Mountgrange, Irvine Bay, Cruden and Clyde Gateway.

Renewable energy

Our renewables team is currently involved in over 25 projects acting for a range of interests including funders, investors, developers, energy suppliers and communities.

Social Housing

We act for some of the UK’s largest and most active housing associations including Link Group, Sanctuary Group and Glasgow Housing Association. We also act for a variety of funders in the sector.

Property Finance

We have been involved with our corporate finance and banking teams in some of the UK’s largest corporate, insolvency and restructuring deals  - Kenmore and Lehman Bros – working with Grant Thornton, Ernst & Young, Lloyds Banking Group and RBS.

Many of our team are recognised as leaders in their field by the UK legal directories, and the department is consistently ranked in the top tiers.